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St. Johns County authorities questioned the driver of a white, work-style van after several suspicious incidents were reported near school bus stops, according to the Sheriff’s Office.

It started Friday with a report that a white van followed a 14-year-old girl after she got off her school bus in the area of Florida 16 and Rues Landing Road. She said she felt uncomfortable and went to a neighbor’s house, where she phoned her mother.

Then Monday someone called Crookshank Elementary School about a white van circling a bus stop near the outlet mall.

Tuesday two grade-school girls reported a white van drove past them several times in the area of Pearl and McLaughlin streets. The driver stopped and took photographs of them, before driving away, according to the report to the Sheriff’s Office.

The Sheriff’s Office said the driver and his van had been located after initial reports by the media Tuesday night, but investigators hadn’t yet determined if the man committed a crime.